Azerbaijan competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.
The team won 14 gold medals and 19 medals overall, beating their previous best of 4 golds and 12 medals in London 2012 and overall medal of 9 gold.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Judo Women's 48 kg 27 August Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke S12 27 August Judo Men's 60 kg 27 August Judo Women's 57 kg 28 August Judo Women's 63 kg 28 August Judo Men's 81 kg 28 August Athletics Men's javelin throw F57 28 August Athletics Men's shot put F53 29 August Judo Women's +70 kg 29 August Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle S12 31 August Swimming Men's 100 m breaststroke SB12 1 September Swimming Men's 100 metre butterfly S12 Athletics Women's 400 metres T13 4 September Athletics Men's long jump T13 Athletics Women's 100 metres T13 31 August Powerlifting Men's 49 kg 26 August Judo Men's 66 kg 27 August Judo Men's +100 kg 27 August Athletics Men's long jump T12 30 August
Medals by sportSport Total Judo 6 0 2 8 Athletics 4 1 1 6Swimming 4 0 0 4 Powerlifting 0 0 1 1Total 14 1 4 19
Medals by dateDayDate Total1 0 0 0 02 0 0 1 13 3 0 2 54 4 0 0 45 2 0 0 26 0 0 1 17 1 1 0 28 1 0 0 19 0 0 0 010 1 0 0 111 2 0 0 212 0 0 0 0Total 14 1 4 19
Competitors
#SportMenWomenTotalEvents1Athletics 9 3 12 162Judo 6 5 11 113Powerlifting 4 0 4 44Shooting 1 1 2 55Swimming 2 1 3 76Taekwondo 2 2 4 4Total 24 12 36 47
Athletics
12 Azerbaijani athlete in 16 events such as Kamil Aliyev (Long Jump T12), Olokhan Musayev (Discus Throw F56) & Samir Nabiyev (Shot Put F57) successfully to break through the qualifications for the 2020 Paralympics after breaking the qualification limit.
AthleteEventHeatsFinalResultRankResultRank Men's TrackElmir Jabrayilov100m T13 -Did not advance400m T1352.1712Did not advance Men's FieldKamil AliyevLong jump T12colspan=2 6.895Orkhan AslanovLong jump T13colspan=2 7.36 Elvin AstanovShot put F53colspan=2 8.77 Orkhan GasimovJavelin throw F13colspan=2 58.965Hamed HeidariJavelin throw F57colspan=2 51.42 , Olokhan MusayevShot put F55colspan=2 11.895Discus throw F56colspan=2 37.927Samir NabiyevShot put F57colspan=2 13.127Said NajafzadeLong jump T12colspan=2 7.03 Women's TrackElena Chebanu100m T1312.163 12.417Iuliia Ianovskaia100m T1312.418 12.304400m T1356.552 57.185Lamiya Valiyeva100m T1312.092 11.99400m T1355.712 55.00
Judo
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRank MenVugar Shirinli−60 kgW 10s1–0s2W 1s1–0colspan=2W 10–1s2Namig Abasli−66 kgL 0s2–1Did not advanceW 10–0W 1s1–0W 1s2–0s1Ramil Gasimov−73 kgL Did not advanceHuseyn Rahimli−81 kgW 11s1–0W 10–0s1colspan=2W 10–1s2Kanan Abdullakhanli−100 kgL 0s1–10s2Did not advanceIlham Zakiyev+100 kgW 1s2–0s1L 0s2–1s2Did not advanceW 10–0s1W WomenShahana Hajiyeva−48 kgW 10–0W 10–0colspan=2W 10s1–1Basti Safarova−52 kgL 0s3–10s2Did not advanceL 0–10Did not advanceSevda Valiyeva−57 kgW 10–0W 10s1–0colspan=2W 1–0s2Khanim Huseynova−63 kgW 10s1–0s1W 1s1–0colspan=2W 1–0Dursadaf Karimova+70 kgW 10–0W 11s2–1s1colspan=2W 10s1–0s2
Powerlifting
Athlete Event Result RankParvin MammadovMen's −49 kg156Nurlan BabajanovMen's −97 kg1857Elshan HuseynovMen's −107 kgShamo AslanovMen's +107 kg
Shooting
Azerbaijan entered one athletes into the Paralympic competition. Kamran Zeynalov successfully break the Paralympic qualification at the 2019 WSPS World Championships which was held in Sydney, Australia.
AthleteEventQualificationFinalScoreRankScoreRankYelena TaranovaWomen's P2 – 10 m air pistol SH153816Did not advanceMixed P3 – 25 m pistol SH151629Did not advanceMixed P4 – 50 m pistol SH150329Did not advanceKamran ZeynalovMen's P1 – 10 m air pistol SH154323Did not advanceMixed P4 – 50 m pistol SH151820Did not advance
Swimming
Three Azerbaijani swimmer has successfully entered the paralympic slot after breaking the 2019 World Championship & MQS.
AthleteEventHeatsFinalResultRankResultRank MenVali Israfilov100m breaststroke SB12colspan=21:04.86 100m butterfly S121:10.5910Did not advanceRaman Salei50m freestyle S1323.983 23.854100m freestyle S1253.892 52.69100m backstroke S12colspan=21:00:30100m butterfly S1258.991 57.81 WomenDana Shandibina100m breaststroke SB131:24.51 11Did not advance
Taekwondo
Azerbaijan qualified four athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. All of them confirmed to compete at the games by winning the gold medal at the 2021 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.
AthleteEventFirst roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRank MenImamaddin KhalilovMen's –61 kg L 19–25Did not advance W 20–15 L 26–29Did not advance7Abulfaz AbuzarliMen's –75 kg W L 5–38Did not advance W 60–36 L 32–46Did not advance7 WomenRoyala FataliyevaWomen's –49 kg L 4–17Did not advance W L 20–26Did not advance7Aynur MammadovaWomen's +58 kgDid not advance
See also Azerbaijan at the Paralympics Azerbaijan at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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